Unit 1

Question 1

Physical Geography

Answer 1

Study of natural process of things in the environment

Question 2

Human Geography

Answer 2

Study of events that have shaped how humans use and change the Earth.

Question 3

Spatial Perspective

Answer 3

Predicting human and physical patterns in space.

Question 4

Ecological Perspective

Answer 4

Relationship between living things and their environment.

Question 5

Location

Answer 5

Position something occupies the earth

Question 6

Absolute Location

Answer 6

Exact location of an object

Question 7

Relative Location

Answer 7

Where a place is about using other places to help.

Question 8

Place

Answer 8

Related but different from location

Question 9

Site

Answer 9

A places absolute location and physical characteristics

Question 10

Situation

Answer 10

A places location in relation to other places and why it is important

Question 11

Space

Answer 11

Area between two or more things on Earth’s surface

Question 12

Distributed

Answer 12

How things are arranged

Question 13

Density

Answer 13

Number of things (typically living) in a specific area

Question 14

Pattern

Answer 14

How things are arranged in a specific way

Question 15

Flow

Answer 15

Movements of people, good or information

Question 16

Environmental Determinism

Answer 16

Environment determines the outcome of human

Question 17

Possibillism

Answer 17

Humans can control the environment

Question 18

Scale

Answer 18

Difference from something on paper and in real life

Question 19

Region

Answer 19

Area of Earth’s surface with certain characteristics that make it stand out

Question 20

Functional Region

Answer 20

An area organized by its function around a focal point

Question 21

Node

Answer 21

Focus of the region

Question 22

Suburbs

Answer 22

Residential area surrounding a city

Question 23

Perceptual/Vernacular Region

Answer 23

Type of region that reflects people’s feelings/attitude about a place

Question 24

Globalization

Answer 24

The expansion of economic, cultural, and political processes on a worldwide scale

Question 25

Theory

Answer 25

System if ideas intended to explain certain phenomena

Question 26

World System Theory

Answer 26

Spatial and functional relationships between countries in the world economy

Question 27

Core

Answer 27

Highly interconnected countries with good transportation and communication networks and infrastructure that supports economic activity

Question 28

Periphery

Answer 28

Less stable government and poorer services

Question 29

Semi Periphery

Answer 29

Middle of periphery and core countries but close to core countries

Question 30

Sustainable Development

Answer 30

Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Question 31

Quantitative

Answer 31

Information measured by numbers

Question 32

Qualitative

Answer 32

Data interpretations of data sources such as field observations, media, reports, travel narratives, policy documents, personal interviews, landscape, and visual arts or photography.

Question 33

Census

Answer 33

Official count of the number of people in a defined area

Question 34

Geographic Information System (GIS)

Answer 34

Sophisticated Mapping software system

Question 35

Topography

Answer 35

Shape and features of land surfaces shown on a map

Question 36

Remote Sensing

Answer 36

When geospatial technology collects data from afar/no physical contact

Question 37

Cartographers

Answer 37

People who make maps

Question 38

Absolute Distance

Answer 38

Distance that can be measured using a standard unit of length

Question 39

Relative Distance

Answer 39

Distance measured in other ways such as time and money

Question 40

Absolute Direction

Answer 40

North South East West, also known as cardinal direction

Question 41

Relative Direction

Answer 41

Left right up down, meaning using people’s perceptions to describe location

Question 42

Map Scale

Answer 42

Mathematical relationship between the size of a map and the part of the real world it shows

Question 43

Reference Map

Answer 43

Generalized sources of geographic data and focus on location

Question 44

Thematic Maps

Answer 44

Have a theme or specific purpose and focus on the relationship among geographic data